Frame for license plates



April 1930. R. BUSENBARK 1,752,883

FRAME FOR LICENSE PLATES Filed July 20, 1927 WWW J7? 2/671 07 20? Ill (012 izizusen bark,

fPatentecl Apr. 1, 1930 i 1 7 untrue sTATss rarsur OFFICE WILLIAM R. BUSENZBARK, 0F AKRON, OHIO FRAME non mcnnsn rne'rns Application filed July 20, 1927. Serial No. 207,310.

The metal license platescarried by auto- Referring to the drawing, A represents an mobiles, While enamelled on their faces, usualautomobile license plate having in the four H ly have unsightly raw edges. Furthermore, corners holes B, B and at the top near the these plates have in the four corners holes to ends elongated slots C. This plate is therereceive fastening means together with slots fore simply the usual license plate at present near the upper corners to receive alternative in use. fastening means. The result is that on 2.0- I have provided a framel of rubber whose count of the raw edges, the exposed parts of elements are comparatively narrow, only the fastening devices, and the unused holes slightly wider than the distancefbetween the r 10 or slots, the license plates are rather unholes and slots from the adjacent edges of the sightly. V plate. The elements of the frame are chan- The object of the present invention is to nel-shaped, the open sides of the channels provide a license plate with a simple and being directed inwardly so as to provide a novel attachement that will conceal the raw continuous groove or channel surrounding the 15 edges and the areas in which the fastenings opening in the frame. The frame is preferoccur, thus giving the license'plate a finished, ably so proportioned that the distance from attractive appearance. the bottom of the groove or channel in one In carrying out my invention Ifmake 3. element of the frame to the bottom of the rubber frame, channel shaped in cross-secgroove or channel in the opposite element is 20 tion and the same shape as the license plate, slightly less than the corresponding dimenand streteh'this frame over the plate so that sion of the license plate; whereby the frame the latter lies in the groove or channel of the as a whole will remain in a stretched condiframe. The frame is preferably made slighttion when it is placed around the license plate, ly smaller than the plate, so that it will grip in order that the frame will grip the plate 25 the latter tightly. The width of the eletightly and not be loose thereon. The frame ments of the frame is such that the openings is preferably widened at the corners, as indifor the fastening means will be concealed by cated at 2, either by rounding the corners of the frame, thus leaving only the unbroken the opening in the frame or by cutting ofi:' enamelled face with its license legend exthese corners along diagonal lines; thus 1nposedi Therefore, viewed in one of its assuring that the frame will be wide enough 30 pects, the present invention may be said to at the corners efiectively to cover large screw have for its object to produce a simple and heads or the like on fastening devices exnovel frame adapted to be quickly and easily tending through the holes B in the plate, applied to a license plate and be securely held The frame 'may be made in any desired thereon. color, either to correspond with the color of s The various features of novelty whereby the plate or with the color of the automob le. my invention is characterized will herein- It will therefore be seen that my invention after be pointed out with particularityin the does away with the unsightliness of the ordiclaimsybut, for a full understanding of my nary automobile license plate and, by coverinvention and of its objects and advantages, ing the raw edges, prevents them from acclreference may be had to the following dedentally cutting or "scratching anyone whose tailed description taken in connection with hand may come in contact therewith, and the accompanying drawing, wherein: also prevents threads or fibres from. catch- 45 Figure 1 is a front view of an automobile ing and remaining on the edges.

license plate having one of my'frames ap- WhileIhave illustrated and described wlth plied thereto, one end of the frame being particularity only a single preferred form of 7, broken away;Fig. 2 is a front view of the my invention, I do not desire to be limited to frame detached from the plate, a fragment the exact structural details thus illustrated 0 of the frame being broken away; and Fig. 3 and'described; but intend to cover allforms .is a section taken on line 3- -3 of Fig. 1. and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claim.

I claim:

An attachment for an automobile license plate comprising a rectangular flexible elastic rubber frame whose elements are channelshaped in cross-section to form an endless groove surrounding an'opening in the frame, there being gussets in the corners to produce a widening of the frame at these points.

'In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

WILLIAM R. BUSENBARK. 

